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60 din the city will not be able to harness the talent that is there that would give the city to the next place. how are we going to bring them into the process sitting where they are in universities and the private sector that are dynamic and interested in the city of the future? the city has to collaborate, at a harness that talent pool and give them the resources where is necessary. the city has the legitimization to say you are now the agent of change. it used to be the department of x and now it is another. this is hard to have. this might be years away. these are the years between now and when the city is strong enough to do it. this is part of the reinvention process, a figure out which types of public/private partnerships are possible. we have seen really interesting ways of inventing the process of partnering that do not involve giving away public assets and public goods. >> the other thing, some structural changes will to the main to how government functions. right now there are very few cities that have any type of an institute that is tasked with looking out across. the w
60 din the city will not be able to harness the talent that is there that would give the city to the next place. how are we going to bring them into the process sitting where they are in universities and the private sector that are dynamic and interested in the city of the future? the city has to collaborate, at a harness that talent pool and give them the resources where is necessary. the city has the legitimization to say you are now the agent of change. it used to be the department of x and...
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i am going into the city, i worked 70 years in the city. it sounds like you have lost face. >> i have breakfast in the city to or three times a week. i enjoy going down there but i am a six-foot five, two ordered 75 pound male. it can understand why women do not feel comfortable. >> is wilmington the most dangerous place in the state of delaware? >> i would not say the most dangerous. we have a huge percentage of population in the world in poverty. it is not just the city of wilmington. wilmington is much larger and more concentrated and easier to see that. >> we're moving on now. >> the next topic is about health care. there are about 118,000 persons roughly including 19,000 children in the state who are not covered by health insurance. how acceptable do you find this? do you have any idea for extending coverage? is this something you can tell delawareans? >> one of the big issues is one we mandate minimum benefits, limit the cost much more expensive and we make health insurance more expensive and we cover less of the population. we should
i am going into the city, i worked 70 years in the city. it sounds like you have lost face. >> i have breakfast in the city to or three times a week. i enjoy going down there but i am a six-foot five, two ordered 75 pound male. it can understand why women do not feel comfortable. >> is wilmington the most dangerous place in the state of delaware? >> i would not say the most dangerous. we have a huge percentage of population in the world in poverty. it is not just the city of...
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our city is the most complex in the city. rhode island is run by an independent. independents are the future. we work with everybody. he's only interested in doing what ever senator harry reid wants. he is never clubbable about anything. he lives is perfect life. >> he did not answer. the when we got into this mess, in 2001 we had a change of command. we had balanced budgets as far as the eye could see. we had the strongest economy and work force on earth. eight years later we have none of that. we are sinking. gm and chrysler are about to go under. that is where we were four years ago. the last four years we've been building our way out of that hole and reestablishing the 5 million jobs will last between the last six months of 2008 in the first six months of 2009. those jobs have been recreated. we will do that by making sure we invest in world-class work force, modern transportation, invest in technology that will provide for jobs throughout new goods and services. this is what we need to do. >> thank you. >> moving on to the national debt, a number of tax cuts
our city is the most complex in the city. rhode island is run by an independent. independents are the future. we work with everybody. he's only interested in doing what ever senator harry reid wants. he is never clubbable about anything. he lives is perfect life. >> he did not answer. the when we got into this mess, in 2001 we had a change of command. we had balanced budgets as far as the eye could see. we had the strongest economy and work force on earth. eight years later we have none...
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of this effort for the mayor to get the finances under control in the city. firefighters which detroit needs because it has -- it must have the highest case of arson in the country, these guys are laid off. two weeks later, 100 guys are rehired. when you look at where the money came from, the department of homeland security has a fund. i do not want to overstate, that is something you want to think about. the department of homeland security is stepping in to keep the trade as safe as it can be for the moment. it could be a lot safer. we're talking about i wonder and i have wondered making this film, we're seeing the auto industry bailout and the bank bailout. are we heading into an era of bailouts of the city? is there such a thing as a failed city? >> more with heidi ewing on "q&a." >> president obama held a rally in richmond, virginia and headed to his home town. he spoke in richmond for about half an hour. >> hello, virginia. are you fired up? are you ready to go? i'm sorry, are you fired up? you look wonderful. are we going to move this country forward in
of this effort for the mayor to get the finances under control in the city. firefighters which detroit needs because it has -- it must have the highest case of arson in the country, these guys are laid off. two weeks later, 100 guys are rehired. when you look at where the money came from, the department of homeland security has a fund. i do not want to overstate, that is something you want to think about. the department of homeland security is stepping in to keep the trade as safe as it can be...
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the cities across our great country. i hear the same thing everywhere i go. we were hoping to see michelle. [laughter] i have to admit it can be a grind. sometimes it feels like this race has drag on forever. paul ryan assured me we have only been running for two hours and 50 something minutes. [laughter] [applause] the economy is on everybody's minds. i do not have a joke here. i thought it would be useful to remind everybody. [laughter] we are getting to that time where folks are making up their minds. the other day, i was endorsed. by honey boo boo. that is a big relief. [laughter] tonight is not about the disagreements governor romney and i may have. it is what we have in common, beginning with our unusual names. mitt is his middle name. i wish i could use my middle name. [laughter] [applause] even though we are enjoying ourselves tonight, we are thinking ahead to our final debate on monday. i am hoping governor romney and i will have a chance to answer the question on the minds of millions of americans watching at home. is this happening again? [laughter
the cities across our great country. i hear the same thing everywhere i go. we were hoping to see michelle. [laughter] i have to admit it can be a grind. sometimes it feels like this race has drag on forever. paul ryan assured me we have only been running for two hours and 50 something minutes. [laughter] [applause] the economy is on everybody's minds. i do not have a joke here. i thought it would be useful to remind everybody. [laughter] we are getting to that time where folks are making up...
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the very important city and primary elections, they don't get the kind of media attention that presidential candidates do. >> four times in the last 100 years the elected presidents were defeated for a second term. 1912, president taft, 1928, herbert hoover, in 1980 president carter and 1992 george bush. gerald ford lost, but he was not elected. in many of those cases, there were third-party candidates on the ballots. many people looking at this race go back to 1980. another debate moment, the one and only debate took place one week before the election in 1980. let's see your assessment. >> in the past, the relationship between social security and medicare has been important. to provide a modicum for a senior citizens. gov. reagan began his campaign campaigning against medicare. now we have an opportunity to move toward national health insurance. with an emphasis on the prevention of disease. an emphasis on outpatient care. an emphasis on cost containment. an emphasis on catastrophic health insurance so that if a family is there and to be wiped out economically, insurance will help pay for
the very important city and primary elections, they don't get the kind of media attention that presidential candidates do. >> four times in the last 100 years the elected presidents were defeated for a second term. 1912, president taft, 1928, herbert hoover, in 1980 president carter and 1992 george bush. gerald ford lost, but he was not elected. in many of those cases, there were third-party candidates on the ballots. many people looking at this race go back to 1980. another debate...
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the cities, needing jobs. so they want the economy to work and the world to be free and open. and so we can be a partner with china. we don't have to be an adversary in any way, shape or form. we can work with them. we can collaborate with them if they're willing to be responsible. now, they look at us and say, is it a good idea to be with america? how strong are we going to be? how strong is our economy? they look at the fact that we owe them a trillion dollars and owe other people 16 trillion in total, including them. they -- they look at our -- our decision to -- to cut back on our military capabilities -- a trillion dollars. the secretary of defense called these trillion dollars of cuts to our military devastating. it's not my term. it's the president's own secretary of defense called them devastating. they look at america's commitments around the world and they see what's happening and they say, well, ok, is america going to be strong? and the answer is yes. if i'm president, america will be very strong.
the cities, needing jobs. so they want the economy to work and the world to be free and open. and so we can be a partner with china. we don't have to be an adversary in any way, shape or form. we can work with them. we can collaborate with them if they're willing to be responsible. now, they look at us and say, is it a good idea to be with america? how strong are we going to be? how strong is our economy? they look at the fact that we owe them a trillion dollars and owe other people 16 trillion...
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they have the highest public union salaries of any city in the state. their city council and there may have rolled over to the unions and have done nothing but to increase salaries. that is why north las vegas is going broke. that and the fact they had a perfectly good city hall and decided we wanted a taj mahal. they built something that is only 25% to 40% occupied at this point. number las vegas was mismanaged and that is why is going broke -- north las vegas was mismanaged and that is why it is going broke. caller: above the other caller who called about las vegas and not going there and what obama said, i think that was in 2009 right after aig got the bailout. the only part of aig that made a profit and spent i think $700,000 or whatever, and then barack obama just slammed them. they never mentioned corporations award their workers for being profitable. it is not free. they do pay taxes. i don't understand why they do not mention that. host: this is from february 3, 2010. speaking about the economy at an event in new hampshire, mr. obama told americ
they have the highest public union salaries of any city in the state. their city council and there may have rolled over to the unions and have done nothing but to increase salaries. that is why north las vegas is going broke. that and the fact they had a perfectly good city hall and decided we wanted a taj mahal. they built something that is only 25% to 40% occupied at this point. number las vegas was mismanaged and that is why is going broke -- north las vegas was mismanaged and that is why it...
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this been soft employment of the cities. in terms of growth, this is where it starts. >> i completely agree. >> i would add that 70% of our need is in the sector. it is very easy to say that you get productivity and therefore you get all of these other benefits. we have seen a lot of the jobs disappear while we were getting things and productivity. 5.5 million jobs disappear. we have seen an awful lot of manufacturing jobs show up in other places. so, why is manufacturing automatically a good deal for america as a country? it is obviously good for the profits generated. what will this do for the middle class? >> i would like to point out that some of what we have seen with respect to the decline in labor employment. i would remember when motorola outsourced its logistics' and its customs operation to gps. those jobs stayed overnight in america but they were registered as a decline in manufacturing employment when the reality was the boundary had softened and it now inc. its supplier, ups. we did not lose manufacturing jobs s
this been soft employment of the cities. in terms of growth, this is where it starts. >> i completely agree. >> i would add that 70% of our need is in the sector. it is very easy to say that you get productivity and therefore you get all of these other benefits. we have seen a lot of the jobs disappear while we were getting things and productivity. 5.5 million jobs disappear. we have seen an awful lot of manufacturing jobs show up in other places. so, why is manufacturing...
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my second day in the city i woke up with a phone ringing at 7:38. my friend and drew said, congratulations. i had no idea what he was talking about. a few minutes later, i had another call from my roommate who was living in south korea, calling to offer me her congratulations. again, and finally a third call came in and it was my dad. he said, he had just been chosen to run as senator john kerry's vice-presidential running mate and to get on an airplane and go to washington. i told him that was old news and he was the third person to call at that point. the networks were already barking about it. that is when i knew my life and my family's life had changed p. in one other universe that koch does someone literally half way across the world tell you that your dad got a job before you know? i threw some clothes into a suitcase and headed to the airport. we embarked on an announcement tour, hitting key battleground states, holding a rally after rally. there is a lot about life that is getting used to come up but i picked one thing up quickly, which is h
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new york city, atlantic city, and long island. >> that's hazard is the one that is handled particularly at the local level for very good reasons. it is such a result of depth of the water just offshore, the shape of the coastline, the terrain adjacent to the water, and that is handled at a very local level. now, if you look at new york city, and indeed the administrator will want to comment, the evacuated zone -- they evacuated zone a for the reason that the storm surge was not want to penetrate beyond areas in the zone. and it gives you an idea of the use of information regarding storm surge that are then taken by the local emergency management to figure out how far inland the water wouldevery little specific area is -- the water would penetrate. every little specific area is handled differently. you can go 3 miles down the road and it goes just over the road. 3 miles further down the road in canada several blocks inland. it depends on the local effects. >> i think dr. knabb really cover that. what we're planning for based on the estimate of storm surge and then in real time is where w
new york city, atlantic city, and long island. >> that's hazard is the one that is handled particularly at the local level for very good reasons. it is such a result of depth of the water just offshore, the shape of the coastline, the terrain adjacent to the water, and that is handled at a very local level. now, if you look at new york city, and indeed the administrator will want to comment, the evacuated zone -- they evacuated zone a for the reason that the storm surge was not want to...
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when george was in the senate, he voted before president bush 96% of the time. no one suggested he was not a virginia senator because he supported president bush. i have had a long track record of serving my community as a non-partisan city councilman, winning accolades for cutting building schools. when i was governor, we were the best managed state for business all four years, and my favorite, education week, the best state to raise a child. i did that by being a good leader and making the kinds of independent choices virginians want. >> senator allen, you have 90 seconds to respond to what he said. >> he had a choice to make when he was governor. he talked about the economic crisis in virginia. he chose to go around the country, demonizing republicans. he called them corrosive. he called them the downer party, the teabags party. that does not bring goodwill amongst people. when you are the governor of virginia, you have the greatest honor that anybody could be bestowed upon by the people of virginia. he chose to leave and spend his time going around the count
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city of blinding lights ♪ [applause] okay. it is my honor. i hope the crowd is warm up. i am. [applause] to bring non--- to bring on one of the most important forces in american music in the last 50 years. one of the coolest dudes i have ever met, and a guy who reflects our real american values, the incomparable bruce springsteen. let's hear it for him. [applause] >> hello. [applause] >> i get to speak after president clinton. that is like going on after all this here. that is all. i was frantically calling the e street band, saying quite, i need back up. human speech has been monopolized. if he had brought the saxophone, i was in for it. [applause] if he had only brought that saxophone. you would see a real jam up here. [applause] i had better start off by singing something anyway. ♪ we busted out of class had to get away from those schools we learned more from a three- minute record than we ever learn in school tonight i hear the neighborhood drummer sound to say you are tired and you want to close your eyes can funnel you
city of blinding lights ♪ [applause] okay. it is my honor. i hope the crowd is warm up. i am. [applause] to bring non--- to bring on one of the most important forces in american music in the last 50 years. one of the coolest dudes i have ever met, and a guy who reflects our real american values, the incomparable bruce springsteen. let's hear it for him. [applause] >> hello. [applause] >> i get to speak after president clinton. that is like going on after all this here. that is...
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i'm going to turn over the stage to the director of the sensible city lab at mit. he is going to talk about a provocative topic -- the city as technology. , now. >> hello. good morning everybody. can i have the slides? i wanted to start with something everybody is talking about these days -- a big data. a data is about this incredible amount of information we produced today. we know from eric schmidt, the information was produced from the beginning of humanity. this is more less what we produced yesterday and today. the definition, big data is also, you cannot put it in a spreadsheet. this has big consequences and this is what i would like to talk to you about today. call it big urban data. our cities of the past few years have been a layered with many types of visual information. because of that, the way we understand them and the way we can respond to them is changing dramatically. collecting information from our cities and we can process the information and process it later. in other fields like formula one, think about formula 110 or 15 years ago. if you wanted
i'm going to turn over the stage to the director of the sensible city lab at mit. he is going to talk about a provocative topic -- the city as technology. , now. >> hello. good morning everybody. can i have the slides? i wanted to start with something everybody is talking about these days -- a big data. a data is about this incredible amount of information we produced today. we know from eric schmidt, the information was produced from the beginning of humanity. this is more less what we...
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debt ceiling in the city. buekle: i think it is because of the federal government, federal mandates that the government places on him, whether it is from education or medicaid. that is a shared responsibility. a lot of the problems in our city faces are because of the burden for the federal government places on them. i wanted to go back. i want to go back to this budget issue. and the willingness to compromise. simpson-bowles is a compromise. it is a discussion of how we will get this country back on a fiscally sound clip that is bipartisan. i was one of 38 who voted for simpson-bowles. to say this is a better way. let's do this bipartisan approach and what is best for the people in this country. >> moderator: thank you. ursala rozum, a follow-up question for you. if there is a 10% across-the-board cut in all federal grants, new york could lose more than $6 billion. according to the rabbits report, states interests should be on the table when federal reductions are being debated. analyzing the overall impact o
debt ceiling in the city. buekle: i think it is because of the federal government, federal mandates that the government places on him, whether it is from education or medicaid. that is a shared responsibility. a lot of the problems in our city faces are because of the burden for the federal government places on them. i wanted to go back. i want to go back to this budget issue. and the willingness to compromise. simpson-bowles is a compromise. it is a discussion of how we will get this country...
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the candidates have been to your city numerous times. have you been to a rally for president obama? >> i went to a rally. it was rainy that the. but i did it for our candidate. >> how early did you have to go? what was the security like? caller: i will tell you what. i did not see any incidents. you had to get there early. they always blocked off the main avenues and thoroughfares. that was the only difficult part, to get to the venue. once you got there, i felt secure. i did not feel like anything was going to happen. they are hoping that nothing does happen. it was ok. host: how many hours ahead did you have to go? caller: probably just a couple. if it normally takes you 15, 20 minutes to get there, you take that into consideration. then you have to take into consideration the security measures that may delay you. a couple of hours. that is all. host: what do you do in cleveland? caller: i worked for district no. 6. i am a painter. i love when these guys blame the unions. they say "oh, it is the workers, their wages and negotiating packages." it is the same thing as the wisconsin
the candidates have been to your city numerous times. have you been to a rally for president obama? >> i went to a rally. it was rainy that the. but i did it for our candidate. >> how early did you have to go? what was the security like? caller: i will tell you what. i did not see any incidents. you had to get there early. they always blocked off the main avenues and thoroughfares. that was the only difficult part, to get to the venue. once you got there, i felt secure. i did not...
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>> in july, heather wilson wrote a letter to the city council of las cruces opposing a monument and endorsed a bill by steve pierce that would preserve less land. martin heinrich wrote an article in april supporting a much larger monument. why do you believe the larger or smaller monument is the best alternate for the protection of these lands? >> that is what people have told me. people who have -- this is important to them. in particular, the sportsmen have said, we love the mountains, but those mountain ranges to the west of the river are critical for us. in addition, there was a recent poll that was done that asked people, do you want a monument? the overwhelming answer was yes. more people prefer the one that had both sides of the river. the county is spectacular. dona ana county. it deserves the recognition that a monument would bring. it deserves the tourism that would come here as a result. >> this is a very big difference between us in the way you go about managing public land and resolving issues and disputes. i believe they're gorgeous. the question is, do we put 25% of the county
>> in july, heather wilson wrote a letter to the city council of las cruces opposing a monument and endorsed a bill by steve pierce that would preserve less land. martin heinrich wrote an article in april supporting a much larger monument. why do you believe the larger or smaller monument is the best alternate for the protection of these lands? >> that is what people have told me. people who have -- this is important to them. in particular, the sportsmen have said, we love the...
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cities get out of the schools that are trapping them in poverty and give them a good education so they can get on with their lives. cut spending. balance the budget and stop the washington knows best and we can keep spending money we do not have. let's champion of small businesses. this is bigger than that. this just is not getting jobs. it just isn't creating energy. it is bigger than that. america, it is an idea. it is not just a country with a flag. it is not just wisconsin or ohio or california or maine, it is an idea. you know, it is the only country founded on an idea. the idea is really clear. thomas jefferson said it so well in the declaration of independence. our rights come from nature and nature's god, not from government. that is the answer to the american idea. [applause] our founders established this. i see cheese heads all over. it makes me hungry sometimes when i see that. i see veterans here. the veterans of this country put on the uniform and serve our nation and secured each and every generation, and we thank them for that. [applause] please do not forget early votin
cities get out of the schools that are trapping them in poverty and give them a good education so they can get on with their lives. cut spending. balance the budget and stop the washington knows best and we can keep spending money we do not have. let's champion of small businesses. this is bigger than that. this just is not getting jobs. it just isn't creating energy. it is bigger than that. america, it is an idea. it is not just a country with a flag. it is not just wisconsin or ohio or...
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tension city. where it starts, apparently. >> "apparently bentsen barely knew kennedy when they served in the house together. if quayle had known that, he could have probably had a rejoinder." >> in the newspapers the next day, jfk reference transform the debate and may have made lloyd bentsen and hero and dukakis not, but may have affected the election, but they may have this wrong. let's assume -- we cannot really confirm whether bentsen knew kennedy. we would have to figure that out and go way back. but we have testimony that he did not. now let's change the line. i will have david deliver it. would you get up and say, "i saw jack kennedy and you are no jack kennedy?" i mean, that loses it, doesn't it? you need that "friend of mine" thing. you need to watch what happens on television because it needs to all the fact-checked. the problem is we send folks off to war based on who gets elected. i am arguing we ought to do something about it. i will have recommendations later on if you are interested
tension city. where it starts, apparently. >> "apparently bentsen barely knew kennedy when they served in the house together. if quayle had known that, he could have probably had a rejoinder." >> in the newspapers the next day, jfk reference transform the debate and may have made lloyd bentsen and hero and dukakis not, but may have affected the election, but they may have this wrong. let's assume -- we cannot really confirm whether bentsen knew kennedy. we would have to...
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the era of bailing out a city? >> war with co-directly to more with co-director of "detropia" sunday night on c-span's "q&a." >> i like c-span coverage because it covers all sides. there are a current events, which are interesting to me, because i'm a current event the junket. i love what is going on right now, and they're talking about issues in that matter to americans right now. >> but cannot -- michael mccarthy watches c-span. c-span, brought to as a public service by your television provider. >> earlier this year, judy woodruff and gwen ifill from pbs, along with cnn candy crowley discussed their experience covering campaigns. this was posted by the bipartisan policy center in washington. >> we are so pleased that you are joined as, in judy woodruff, thank you for serving on our board. >> that is how this happened. [laughter] >> i would like to ask each of you of the bomb president of the bids, we just went through, and -- about the presidential debates that we just went through. we we're not sure you would ma
the era of bailing out a city? >> war with co-directly to more with co-director of "detropia" sunday night on c-span's "q&a." >> i like c-span coverage because it covers all sides. there are a current events, which are interesting to me, because i'm a current event the junket. i love what is going on right now, and they're talking about issues in that matter to americans right now. >> but cannot -- michael mccarthy watches c-span. c-span, brought to as...
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years counseling people in the inner-city boston neighborhoods. he is a man who could have easily contented himself with giving donations to these causes, but everyone who knows him well will tell you that he has always given his time and attention to those around him who are hurting. he is the type of of run into many around communities. here in cleveland and all around america. america is a compassionate people in there is a consensus about our fundamental obligations to society's most vulnerable. those obligations are not what we are debating in politics. most times, the real debate is about whether they are best met by private groups or the government, by voluntary action or more taxes and corrosive mandates from washington. the short of it is that there has to be a balance, allowing government to act for the common good while leaving groups free to do the work that only they can do. there is a vast middle ground between the government and the individual. our families and neighborhoods, the groups we join, places of worship, this is where we l
years counseling people in the inner-city boston neighborhoods. he is a man who could have easily contented himself with giving donations to these causes, but everyone who knows him well will tell you that he has always given his time and attention to those around him who are hurting. he is the type of of run into many around communities. here in cleveland and all around america. america is a compassionate people in there is a consensus about our fundamental obligations to society's most...
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a couple weeks ago, i got some flags pursing publicly in the newspapers that a myriad city was the atm for american politics -- flax for publicly saying in the newspapers that new york city was the atm for american politics. i am not so sure about that. sometimes i wake up and say it is good to be part of this, but other times i say no. the meeting in the afternoon and the banks in the morning. the conference call where we get all 14 million people on one call. the costs are huge. try to communicate in that way. that being said, we are writing checks, but we're not participating at the same levels. this has taken on a greater significance. and the last brochure's going into the bombing years and going forward. what we are doing effectively -- in the obama years and going forward. we are not participating. check writing is an important part of public participation rather than going to vote. it is kind of nuts. we are presiding over people like me that have created a political system. i talked about this this week in the wall street journal. where a participating in a system that has bec
a couple weeks ago, i got some flags pursing publicly in the newspapers that a myriad city was the atm for american politics -- flax for publicly saying in the newspapers that new york city was the atm for american politics. i am not so sure about that. sometimes i wake up and say it is good to be part of this, but other times i say no. the meeting in the afternoon and the banks in the morning. the conference call where we get all 14 million people on one call. the costs are huge. try to...
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i am the president of the city club of cleveland and i'm pleased to welcome you to the debate between sherrod brown and josh mandel. today's debate is being broadcast live on wviz pbs, 90.3, and made available statewide by wkyc. she's the bureau chief of the state wide news bureau and is the moderator for today's debate. karen, it is all yours. >> thank you, hugh. i'm delighted to moderate this debate between sherrod brown m and joshandel. this has been the most exciting raise and a large portion of the money spent has come from outside ohio due in no part to the potential for a political shift in the senate. i will let them outlined their qualification than support. this debate will be about one hour long split into four segments. there is five minutes for both an opening statement and were bottle. it is their choice as to how they want to use that time. we will hear from each candidate twice, and opening statement by each, a were bottled by each, with a total of five minutes. then we will have questions from 36 -- three distinguished hire journalists. then we will have questions fro
i am the president of the city club of cleveland and i'm pleased to welcome you to the debate between sherrod brown and josh mandel. today's debate is being broadcast live on wviz pbs, 90.3, and made available statewide by wkyc. she's the bureau chief of the state wide news bureau and is the moderator for today's debate. karen, it is all yours. >> thank you, hugh. i'm delighted to moderate this debate between sherrod brown m and joshandel. this has been the most exciting raise and a large...
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and out of the city. almost like a real time that has all of this information about the city and helps understand better what is going on. is this a real time? we have all this information and have to decide better what isit is about the situation sid. we see the collection information and how this can change our buildings and cities. there was a project in copenhagen. copenhagen.
and out of the city. almost like a real time that has all of this information about the city and helps understand better what is going on. is this a real time? we have all this information and have to decide better what isit is about the situation sid. we see the collection information and how this can change our buildings and cities. there was a project in copenhagen. copenhagen.
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next is rocky anderson, the former mayor of salt lake city and the justice party nominee. [applause] l> is vi -- next is virgia goode, the constitution party nominee for president. [applause] and the final independent candidate is former gov. gary johnson -- [applause] gary is the libertarian party nominee. the first question is our electoral system. this question is from the free and equal elections foundation, hosting this debate, and will be asked by christina tobin. >> thank you. we will start from the left to the right. here is our question. a top two primary is an election in which party labels appear on the ballot, but parties do not nominate candidates. instead, the candidates choose their own ballot label. all candidates run in the primary, but only the top two vote getters appear on the ballot in the november election. the system is p currently used in louisiana, washington state, and california. it is now a ballot member prop 21. what is your position on the top two primary system and why? >> we'll start with jill stein. >> thank you. and thank you so much to fr
next is rocky anderson, the former mayor of salt lake city and the justice party nominee. [applause] l> is vi -- next is virgia goode, the constitution party nominee for president. [applause] and the final independent candidate is former gov. gary johnson -- [applause] gary is the libertarian party nominee. the first question is our electoral system. this question is from the free and equal elections foundation, hosting this debate, and will be asked by christina tobin. >> thank you....
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there are others in this city who had other plans for reducing military spending, not on the grounds that it has the economic effect, but that it is not necessary. to use the crime analogy, crime has declined, and therefore the need for those services has also declined. i encourage you to look at our earlier study from 2010 and others. even bowles-simpson had some talk in there about military spending and what that would look like. >> one further point to make, that if you look at the budgets, the baseline numbers, exclude the overseas contingency operations, for the out years, those numbers are slightly phony, because the cuts assume that the baseline actually will have been what is spent in the absence of sequestration. i am not convinced of that at all. those numbers may have been smaller, in which case -- >> adding to that, one of the reasons i am in favor of sequester, even regardless of what happens -- any of their production strategy should start with an across-the-board cut. maybe this is too big in terms of security, but at least some cuts across the board, even defense, nee
there are others in this city who had other plans for reducing military spending, not on the grounds that it has the economic effect, but that it is not necessary. to use the crime analogy, crime has declined, and therefore the need for those services has also declined. i encourage you to look at our earlier study from 2010 and others. even bowles-simpson had some talk in there about military spending and what that would look like. >> one further point to make, that if you look at the...
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and the first word you need to say in every city and state, and just draw a line in the sand, is public schools exist for the benefit of the children. you're going to see a lot of people fall over it, because any time you're spending $199 billion dollars a year, somebody's getting it. and the children get lost in the process. so that's step one. keep in mind in 1960, when our schools were the envy of the world, we were spending $16 billion on them; now we spend more than any other nation in the world -- 199 billion a year -- and rank at the bottom of the industrialized world in terms of education achievement. one more time you've bought a front-row box seat and got a third-rate performance. this is a government that is not serving you. by and large it should be local -- the more local, the better. interesting phenomenon: small towns have good schools, big cities have terrible schools. the best people in a small town will serve on the school board; you get into big cities, it's political patronage, stepping stones -- you get the job, give your relatives a janitor's job at $57,000 a year,
and the first word you need to say in every city and state, and just draw a line in the sand, is public schools exist for the benefit of the children. you're going to see a lot of people fall over it, because any time you're spending $199 billion dollars a year, somebody's getting it. and the children get lost in the process. so that's step one. keep in mind in 1960, when our schools were the envy of the world, we were spending $16 billion on them; now we spend more than any other nation in the...
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parker was elected to the paradise city town council in 2008. this is from kata -tv it runs about half an hour. >> tonight's show is a debate between the nine congressional district representatives. this is an opportunity for give-and-take between candidates and one of the state's most important offices. interruptions are allowed provided that those interested are allowed to respond. it includes tempe, phoenix, valley.le, and paradizese three candidates are in the race to represent this district, a democrat, kyrsten sinema, republican burn and parker, and -- vernon parker, and libertarian powell gammill. he is making his fifth run for congress. each candidate will have the opportunity for one minute opening statements. we would drew numbers to see who goes first and that is powell gammill. >> i differ from the other two candidates because i am not here to rule over you but to advocate for our personal freedom. i live by a single principle that it is illegal to initiate force or from others and i expect everyone else to live by that same standard
parker was elected to the paradise city town council in 2008. this is from kata -tv it runs about half an hour. >> tonight's show is a debate between the nine congressional district representatives. this is an opportunity for give-and-take between candidates and one of the state's most important offices. interruptions are allowed provided that those interested are allowed to respond. it includes tempe, phoenix, valley.le, and paradizese three candidates are in the race to represent this...
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city. we want to make sure that our religious institutions -- >> let her finish. you will have a chance to rebut. >> we look for fat and waste in the program. that is why i did not vote for this budget deal. i believe sequestration will be bad for new york. it will cut the things we need most -- firefighters, police force, education. >> sequestration would be terrible, senator, but what have you done to avoid sequestration? you have to decide which until japan's to make. as far as i can see, you have not done anything to advance the ball and bat -- you have to decide which cuts to make. as far as i can see, you have not done anything to bans the ball in that -- advance the ball in that. if i were representing a york, i would know what is going on. it would not touch me off of guard. in terms of the attack on the federal reserve, it will be important to make sure that i ran does not get a nuclear weapon. we do not want nuclear weapons in the hands of any of the terrorists. that will increase what we already know are not only threats of terrorism, but right here on
city. we want to make sure that our religious institutions -- >> let her finish. you will have a chance to rebut. >> we look for fat and waste in the program. that is why i did not vote for this budget deal. i believe sequestration will be bad for new york. it will cut the things we need most -- firefighters, police force, education. >> sequestration would be terrible, senator, but what have you done to avoid sequestration? you have to decide which until japan's to make. as...
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. >> should cities and towns publicize the names of people arrested for patron niesing a prostitute. >> yes >> yes>> have you ever been . arrested? >> no. >> no. >> we're going to start with ms. long. would you like to be selected as a senate majority leader? >> would i like to be senate majority leader? sure. >> senator. >> yes. >> have you fired a gun within the last year? >> yes. >> no. >> have you read "fifty shades of grey?" >> no. >> no. >> should there be a national ban on large sugary drinks? >> no. >> no. >> do you read political blogs? >> yes. >> yes. >> have you purchased a lottery ticket within the last year? >> yes. >> no. >> that concludes our lightening round. now it is time for cross-examination. you can ask your opponent one question. response is 60 seconds long. >> congress is broken. if you are elected, will you break your pledge if there is a deal that has $10 of cuts for every $1 of revenue increase? >> that is a little bit of a false question. we could raise revenue in such a deal without amending the tax code. i am opposed to higher tax rates. what we really ne
. >> should cities and towns publicize the names of people arrested for patron niesing a prostitute. >> yes >> yes>> have you ever been . arrested? >> no. >> no. >> we're going to start with ms. long. would you like to be selected as a senate majority leader? >> would i like to be senate majority leader? sure. >> senator. >> yes. >> have you fired a gun within the last year? >> yes. >> no. >> have you read...
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i just had a phone call with the governors of the potentially impacted states and cities in the region. at this stage everyone is confident that the staging process, the positioning of resources, commodities, and equipment that will be needed to respond to the storm are in place. as craig has emphasized, this has not made landfall yet. we do not yet know where it will hit, where we're going to see the biggest impacts. that is exactly why it is so important for us to respond big and fast as local information starts coming in. i want to thank all of the members of the team for the outstanding work they're doing, but the other thing that makes this storm unique is that we anticipate it will be slow moving. meaning it may take a long time not only to clear, but to get, for example, power companies back in to clear out the trees and put things back in place so that folks can start moving back home. my main message to everyone involved is that we have to take this seriously. the federal government is working effectively with state and local governments. it will be very important that populat
i just had a phone call with the governors of the potentially impacted states and cities in the region. at this stage everyone is confident that the staging process, the positioning of resources, commodities, and equipment that will be needed to respond to the storm are in place. as craig has emphasized, this has not made landfall yet. we do not yet know where it will hit, where we're going to see the biggest impacts. that is exactly why it is so important for us to respond big and fast as...
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every day to his job at the city water plant. i saw how he carried himself with that same dignity, you know? that same pride in being able to provide for us. that same hope that his kids would one day have opportunities he never dreamed of. now, how many people do we know like that in our lives? you know? [applause] like so many families in this country, our families weren't asking for much. they didn't want much. they didn't begrudge anyone else's success. they didn't mind nb others had much more than they had. in fact, they admired it. they believed that in that fundamental american promise that even if you don't start out with much, if you work hard and do what you're supposed to do you should be able to build a decent life for yourself and an even better life for your kids and grandkids, and -- [applause] absolutely. and our families believed that when you work hard and you've done well and you finally walk through that doorway of opportunity, you don't slam it shut behind you. you reach back and you give other folks the same
every day to his job at the city water plant. i saw how he carried himself with that same dignity, you know? that same pride in being able to provide for us. that same hope that his kids would one day have opportunities he never dreamed of. now, how many people do we know like that in our lives? you know? [applause] like so many families in this country, our families weren't asking for much. they didn't want much. they didn't begrudge anyone else's success. they didn't mind nb others had much...
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i will close on this, on the great city of detroit when we always talk about the bailout or which way it should go or bain capital. people have to realize, they have to understand this, most of general motors' jobs are now presently overseas and the head of general motors who took all of the money is now crying that $7.5 million in pay is not enough. the united states auto workers are still at entry level being hired in at over $19 an hour, that's just their pay but their total compensation with health care, with their bonuses comes out to $55 an hour. >> brian in oscota, michigan. gideon moore, talk to us about the economic situation particularly in mechanic levenburg -- mecklenburg county and charlotte, which is a big banking center. >> it is primarily a finance center. we have been working to expand our energy base as well with duke energy as kind of a hub of that. but historically has been finance center. we took strong hit in 2008 when wachovia and bank of america both got hit pretty strong. that said, it's still finance town. >> ann in aurora, colorado, is our next caller. she's
i will close on this, on the great city of detroit when we always talk about the bailout or which way it should go or bain capital. people have to realize, they have to understand this, most of general motors' jobs are now presently overseas and the head of general motors who took all of the money is now crying that $7.5 million in pay is not enough. the united states auto workers are still at entry level being hired in at over $19 an hour, that's just their pay but their total compensation...
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el paso is the safest city in america for a city its size. we have safe cities and communities all along our border. this is a great economic engine for our state. these are great communities. >> thank you. >> i've already stated, i think we should triple the u.s. border patrol, because we've got to get serious and solve the problem of securing the border. you know, this question you raise is a very important question. mexico is a great and mighty nation, and it is tragic what is happening in mexico. it is tragic, the violence. you know, i was visiting with a mexican businessman sometime ago who described to me how he received from the drug lords a letter that detailed where every one of his grand kids had been for the past week, minute by minute. it is tragic what's happening in mexico. i think the united states should work cooperatively with mexico, to help the mexican government solve this problem, stop the violence, and stop the drug lords that are terrorize sog many innocent citizens. >> the texas senate seat held by kay bailey hutchison
el paso is the safest city in america for a city its size. we have safe cities and communities all along our border. this is a great economic engine for our state. these are great communities. >> thank you. >> i've already stated, i think we should triple the u.s. border patrol, because we've got to get serious and solve the problem of securing the border. you know, this question you raise is a very important question. mexico is a great and mighty nation, and it is tragic what is...